(BERNAMA) Polling for the Ijok state seat by-election began at 8am Saturday at all the nine polling centres.

Returning officer Haris Kassim said that all the 28 polling streams at the polling centres would open until 5pm to enable the 12,272 voters in the constituency to vote for either K. Parthiban, 38, of the Barisan Nasional (BN) or Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, 61, of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

The by-election is being held following the death of BN assemblyman Datuk K. Sivalingam, 59, of heart failure on April 4.